AI Scientist/Engineer

Holisticon Connect is a division within NEXER GROUP - a custom software development company. We started in Poland in 2017 and are now a team of over 140 people. We have the opportunity to work with world-renowned brands from Scandinavia, the UK, and Western Europe. Our goal is to grow stronger, in competence rather than in numbers.

If you like what we do, check out our offer, maybe we will have the pleasure of meeting you! 😊 

We are looking for an innovative AI Scientist/Engineer to lead the development of end-to-end predictive workflows in computational drug discovery. This role sits at the intersection of deep learning, structural biology, and chemical manufacturing.

You will be responsible for building and deploying AI pipelines for small molecule screening, biologics design, and AAV engineering, leveraging generative and agentic AI. You will work across the full stack - from reading complex research papers and replicating their results to deploying models on Google Cloud and building user-facing Dash applications.

Our client is USA-based biotechnology company, specializing in advancing Artificial Intelligence for gene therapy and disease characterization.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Small Molecule Screening & Design – AI pipelines, binding affinity prediction, sequence/structure models (AlphaFold 3, diffusion), lead optimization, de novo design.

• Biologics & Virtual Cell Modeling – virtual cell perturbation models, PDGrapher, Large Perturbation Models, Cell2Sentence.

• Application Development & Infrastructure – Dash/Plotly apps, model API integration, deployment on Google AI Cloud (Vertex AI, TPU/GPU).

• Research & Replication – literature review, reproducing GitHub/academic results, benchmarking on open-source and internal datasets.

We offer a B2B contract 

• B2B: 150 – 160 PLN net/hour + VAT

You might be the perfect match if you are/have:

• Ph.D. or master’s degree in computer science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related field with a focus on Deep Learning/GNNs.

• Deep Learning: Extensive experience with Python, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.

• Graph & Structure: Familiarity with GNN libraries (PyG, DGL) and structural biology tools.

• Multi-Omics: Experience handling and analyzing omics/multi-omics data (transcriptomics, proteomics).

• Cloud: Proficiency with Google AI Cloud platforms and tools.

•  App Development: Ability to build prototypes using Dash, Streamlit, or similar frameworks.

• Strong English skills (C1 level - daily communication with international stakeholders).

• Location in Poland.

Moreover, we appreciate skills in these areas:

• Demonstrated success in reproducing complex models like PDGrapher.

• Experience with AlphaFold 3 or other structure prediction tools.

• Background in chemical manufacturing processes or CMC data. 

By joining us, you gain the following: 

• Opportunity to work on exciting, international projects in cutting-edge industries like Automotive, Biotech, IoT; 

• Possibility to develop in cloud technologies;

• Becoming part of a team that believes that the next step to a promising future is to put your heart into it and make it happen; 

• Respect for your private life so you don't have to work overtime or on weekends; 

• Team Events budget to socialize outside of work; 

• Company Events to celebrate smaller and bigger successes (Summer Party, Programmer's Day, and trips abroad – so far we've been in South Africa, Are, and Barcelona). 

Perks and benefits: 

• Fully remote work or in our office in Wrocław; 

• Free benefits such as Luxmed, Multisport, and life insurance in Nationale Nederlanden; 

• Attractive referral system (9,5k for senior, 6k for mid, 2,5k for junior); 

• Personal Training Budget with additional paid hours; 

• Passion Day - an extra day off for your hobby to spend as you please; 

• Flexible working hours with no micro-management approach. Our core hours are 9-15, the rest of the working time is up to you; 

• We provide high-quality work equipment + 2 additional monitors and accessories.  

If you apply for this position and match our expectations, then: 

1) You will be invited to an HR Screening with our IT Recruiter.

2) You will meet with the client and give a 20-30-minute presentation on a given topic.

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